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- ↑ "Ernestine Tahedl". Art Public Montréal. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
- ↑ "CCCA Artist Profile for Ernestine Tahedl". Centre for Contemporary Canadian Art. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
- ↑ Jules Heller; Nancy G. Heller (19 December 2013). North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-63882-5.
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